Car-coupling.



No. 726,197. PATENTED APR. 21, 1903";l

GAR CGUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 4, 1903.

l0 MODEL.

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Wammes UNITED STATesgPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN srNEs, on cHARfLonfoHIo, AssIeNoR F ONE-HALF To H. T. KoHN,

' oF PAULDING, orno.

CAR- COU PLING'.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,197, dated April 721 y1993.

Application led February 4, 1903. Serial No. 141,896. (No model.)

L" 0 all wwm iv' may COW/067%: Y "contracted entrance to the space between the Be it known that I, JOHN SINES, a citizen of' jaw members. the United States, residing at Charloe, in the The body of the head between the inner or county of Paulding and State o f Ohio, have root ends of the jaw members is concaved, 55 invented a new and useful Car-Coupler, of as at 16, and the outer end `of the jaw memwhich the following is a specification. ber, carrying the rib 15, is curved, as at 17, This invention relates to devices for coupthe curve being concentric to the curve of ling cars, and has for its object to providethe concave, as indicated in Fig. a device'of this character which will remaini The opposing head member 18 is formed 6o 1o intact and hold the cars connected under or'- r with one end adapted to enter the link or dinary conditions, but which will yield uncouplingbar cavity and will be provided der abnormal lateral strains caused bythe with an 'aperture 19 for a coupling-pin of the derailment or other displacement of one or:y usual form. The head member 18 is also more cars ofa train and prevent the displaced rformed with a shoulder 20, adapted to en- 65 l5 cars from derailing the remaining cars; and gage the outer-curved surface 17 of the rib the invention consists in certain novel fea- 15, and with a depending rib 21, having an tures of construction, as hereinafter shown outer curved surface' substantially concenand described, and pointed out in the claims. tric to the curve of the concave 16, while the In the drawings illustrative of' the invenopposite surface of vthe rib 2l. is likewise 7o zo tion, in which corresponding parts are indicurved or convex and adapted to engage the cated by like designating characters, Figure inner substantially flat surface of the rib l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. when the head members are distended. By Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionl on the line 3 3 this simple arrangement the two head memof Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective View ofthe bers may be coupled by passing the rib-21 75 opposing head member reversed. f laterally between the jaw members 13 14, and The improved device may be employed in- Athen when the head members are drawn apart connection with any of the ordinary car-coupthe rib 21 will engage the rib15, and when the lings now in common use and is-intended to movement is reversed or when the cars are be employed at one or more points in the train. bumped together the rib 21 will enter the 8o 5o In the usual manner of coupling trains if concave 16 and oscillate therein, while the one or more of the cars or the, locomotive is shoulder 2O will likewise roll or oscillate derailed the tenacity of the ordinary coupupon the outer surface 17 of the .rib 15 as ling will cause the cars remaining upon the the cars sway from side to side. tracks to be dragged from the rails by the Connecting the jaw members 13 14 at op- 85 displaced car or other memberof the train, posite sides of the head member 18 are stopand to prevent this is the principal object of rods 22 23, the rods being spaced far enough the present invention, which consists in a apart to permit sufficient lateral movement coupling means so constructed that it will be between the head members to provide for the automatically released when subjected to abnecessary swaying of the train, but which 9o 4o normal lateral strains, such as would occur will prevent abnormal lateral movement. in event of a derailment, and thus release the The rods will be of sufficient strength to rederailed car. sist the normal strains to which lthey will be The improved device consists of a head subjected, but which willbreak under abnorm'ember 10, having one end 11 formedl to enmal strains and release the coupling.' Thus 95 ter any of the usual cavities for the ordinary while the train is running in the usual manlink or coupling-bar andA provided with an ner the couplings will remain intact,as lat aperture 12 to receive the usual coupling-pin. eral strains will not be very great; but if one The opposite end of the head 10 is formed or more cars become derailed the abnormal with spaced jaw members 13 14, one of which side strains caused thereby will fracture the roo 5o is provided with a rib 15, extending toward rods and permit the head members to sepathe other jaw member, and thus forming a rate, and thus prevent the derailed car dragging the other cars from the track. By this simple means the train remains intact as long as the cars or locomotiveremains upon the track; but in event of one or more cars leaving the track the derailed car will be automatically released and not drag the other cars with it.

The device is very simple in construction, easily applied and operated, and will be very efficient for the purposes described.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. A car-coupling consisting of a head having spaced jaw members contracted at their terminals, an opposing head member engaging said contracted portion and provided with an enlarged terminal engaging the space between said jaw members, and rods connecting said jaw members upon opposite sides of said opposing head member, and preventing lateral movement thereof but breakable under abnormal lateral strains to release the opposing jaw member, substantially as described.

2. A car-coupling consisting of a head having spaced jaw members one of which is provided With a rib extending toward the other jaw member, an opposing head member having a rib extending from its extremity and adapted to engage the rib upon said spaced jaw member, and breakable rods connecting said jaw members upon opposite sides of said opposing head member, substantially as described.

3. A car-coupling consisting of a head having spaced jaw members and a concave recess between said jaw members at their innerends and one of said jaw members being provided with a rib extending toward the other jaw member and rounded upon its outer surface concentric to said concave recess, an opposing head member having a shoulder engaging the rounded outer surface of said rib and with a rib upon its extremity having convex surfaces adapted to alternately engage said concave recess and the inner surface of said spaced jaw-rib and breakable rods connecting said spaced jaw members upon opposite sides of said opposing head member, substantially as described.

4. A car-coupling consisting of a head having spaced jaw members contracted at their terminals and adapted to be detachably connected to a car, an opposing head member engaging said contracted portion and having an enlarged terminal engaging the space between said jaw members and adapted to be detachably connected to the next car, and rods connecting said jaw members upon opposite sides of said opposing head member, and breakable under abnormal lateral strains, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

JOHN SINES.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. JENKINS, J. M. MAGEE. 

